Juan Pablo Ficovich and Karl Poling will square off in the 1^st round of the Merida Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on CANCHA YUCATAN. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Pablo Ficovich who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Juan Pablo Ficovich is the pick to win this match.
Juan Pablo Ficovich -> 1.15
Karl Poling -> 4.85

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Prediction and head to head Juan Pablo Ficovich vs. Karl Poling

There is no head to head record between Juan Pablo Ficovich and Karl Poling since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Juan Pablo Ficovich

Ranked no. 162, the Argentine will start his run in the Merida Challenger after he played his last match in the Santiago Challenger where he lost 6-0 6-4 to Nava in the 1^st round on the 11^th of March.

The Argentine has a composed 11-9 win-loss record in 2025, 10-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Juan’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Cordoba Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, Pablo Ficovich has an overall 384-296 record. He has a positive 336-229 record on clay.

Previously in the Merida Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2024. See his history.

Karl Poling

Ranked no. 629, Karl got to the 1^st round after beating Rafael De Alba 6-4 6-3 and Ivan Marrero Curbelo 6-7(9) 7-6(6) 6-2.

In the qualifications against Marrero Curbelo, Karl recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁹ 7-6⁶ 6-2). During the match Poling scored 130 points vs Marrero Curbelo’s 120. Poling was very aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Talking about serving, Poling recorded 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Karl Poling lost the serve 6 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Poling put 64% of his first serves in, winning 59% (47/80) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (23/45) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Marrero Curbelo 8 times after converting 67% of his break points (8/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Karl started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

The American’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Monastir.

The American has a composed 11-7 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Merida Challenger

Poling has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Merida Challenger

• Garrett JohnsJohns – Sebastian GimaGima (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tyler ZinkZink – Vladyslav OrlovOrlov (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hugo DellienDellien – Maxime JanvierJanvier (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Renzo OlivoOlivo – Max WiskandtWiskandt (6-4 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Andres AndradeAndrade (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Karl PolingPoling (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Trey HilderbrandHilderbrand – Juan Hernandez SerranoHernandez Serrano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dan MartinMartin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Patrick MaloneyMaloney – Alan Fernando Rubio FierrosFernando Rubio Fierros (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Joshua SheehySheehy – (0-0) – H2H and prediction